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September 2026

September 24, 2026

An action movie and some vacuous theology

With a Second-Generation Unit, I went out last night to see the movie Runner,...

July 2026

July 12, 2026

“The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors”?

All the way back on 17 May 2012, I published a column in the...

June 2026

June 15, 2026

“The Loss of Jesus in the Small Plates of Nephi”

The twenty-first installment of Becoming Brigham -- "Saints and Complainers" -- is now up...

April 2026

April 13, 2026

We definitely didn’t elect a mere choirboy.

“I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and...

April 12, 2026

Our Need for a Savior

This weekend was our stake conference. It was a big one, too: Our long-time...

February 2026

February 02, 2026

“Shorthand and Bloodstains”

I'm pleased to call your attention to "Shorthand & Bloodstains, Part One: Becoming Brigham,...

October 2025

October 14, 2025

He’s from a “conservative city with a scandalous past”

The big news for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

October 13, 2025

How fundamental is Christ’s resurrection?

For a large occasional project of mine on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I've...

September 2025

September 24, 2025

A brief note on one way of thinking about life after death

A piece that I wrote for Meridian Magazine went up this morning; "DNA and...

September 14, 2025

Some notes on the resurrection of Jesus

A new interview went up today that I commend to the notice of anybody...

June 2025

June 13, 2025

She would have been eleven years old today

For quite a number of years, I wrote a regular weekly column for the...

April 2025

April 20, 2025

An Easter greeting

A traditional greeting is given on Easter Sunday (beginning at midnight and continuing throughout...

April 12, 2025

On the Eve of Holy Week

The late Bill Hamblin and I -- how it still surprises and grieves me,...

April 11, 2025

The Timing of the Death of Jesus Christ

This article went up earlier today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

March 2025

March 15, 2025

A reflection from President Hinckley

We're drawing ever nearer to Easter season or, as Claudia Bushman prefers to call...

February 2025

February 20, 2025

“Did Jesus really claim to be divine?”

Here's my latest column for Meridian Magazine. I used it to report on a...

January 2025

January 16, 2025

Strolling on the ice floes of the Galilee?

I've just begun reading a new book by the Catholic New Testament scholar Brant...

January 10, 2025

“The Reassuring Doctrine of the Resurrection”

My wife's remarkable father turned ninety-eight at the end of December. Up to just...

December 2024

December 25, 2024

“At Bethlehem I had my birth.”

First of all, Merry Christmas to all! I hope that you've had a joyous...

December 15, 2024

“The Turn of the Tide”

Even among those who love his writing -- and I am definitely among them...

December 14, 2024

This will probably do little or no good.

For the better part of the past week, several places in social media have...

December 10, 2024

Muslim prayer in a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse?

I don't know the source of the photograph above, so I can neither give...

October 2024

October 06, 2024

Volcanism and the Book of Mormon

I want to give another reminder of the "sneak peek" early showings of Six...

October 04, 2024

“The Pathophysiology of the Death of Jesus the Christ”

Although I'm not identified as its author, I wrote this article that has now...

May 2024

May 21, 2024

“Among the most significant holy sites in the world”

I’ve just finished reading Keith A. Erekson and Matthew J. Grow, “Assuming Stewardship: Notes...

April 2024

April 12, 2024

“God was manifest in the flesh”

Two new articles went up today on the moribund and perpetually static website of...

March 2024

March 31, 2024

A Sunday walk back and forth along the road to Emmaus

We had our special Easter service today, and it was an excellent one. We...

March 29, 2024

Notes on Easter and Good Friday

As has been our tradition at the Interpreter Foundation for most of our existence,...

March 26, 2024

“Were You There?”

Some people will be very disappointed by these reports: Deseret News: "Gallup polling: Latter-day...

March 09, 2024

Was Jesus funny?

I agree with this article, which was written by a Roman Catholic: "Does Jesus...